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1305:Tel Megiddo
1280:Mount Tabor
1275:Mount Arbel
1260:Hurshat Tal
1255:Hula Valley
1235:Hamat Gader
1205:Beit She'an
1063:Beit Guvrin
1046:Tel Megiddo
1026:El Wad Cave
737:: III–116.
537:Discoveries
522:Alois Musil
491:Justinian I
222:, Mamshit,
134: /
110:Coordinates
1593:Categories
1574:See also:
1489:Tel Tzafit
1416:Tzur Natan
1300:Tel Kedesh
1290:Sde Amudim
1157:Bayt 'Itab
1016:Skhul Cave
807:2023-10-12
767:Three Days
692:2023-10-12
614:References
457:Madaba map
415:Madaba map
251:Designated
186:Site notes
150:Settlement
122:35°03′50″E
119:31°01′30″N
1515:Ein Avdat
1498:Beersheba
1439:Sidna Ali
1411:Tel Gezer
1295:Tel Hazor
1220:Capernaum
1167:Ein Hemed
1090:its Walls
1078:Jerusalem
1057:Caves of
1041:Tel Hazor
948:Jerusalem
839:0033-4839
743:0333-5844
356:Beersheba
352:Jerusalem
336:Byzantine
332:Nabataean
191:Condition
180:Byzantine
172:Nabataean
1555:Tel Arad
1520:Ein Gedi
1469:Ashkelon
1462:Ashkelon
1406:Tel Afek
1338:Caesarea
1315:Tzippori
1225:Chorazin
1086:Old City
891:, UNESCO
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847:23665370
751:43587598
630:. UNESCO
529:and the
508:Desert.
243:Criteria
238:Cultural
194:In ruins
168:Cultures
86:Location
1545:Nitzana
1530:Mamshit
1059:Maresha
989:Mampsis
900:Mamshit
634:25 July
565:Gallery
559:papyrus
447:History
430:Mamshit
411:Mampsis
312:Mamshit
304:Memphis
296:Mampsis
258:session
160:Founded
155:History
81:Memphis
79:Mamshit
29:
20:Mampsis
1550:Shivta
1535:Masada
1525:Eshkol
1444:Yarkon
1195:Bar'am
1190:Achziv
1162:Castel
1136:Israel
1001:Masada
994:Shivta
984:Haluza
956:Israel
944:Israel
845:
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551:Israel
498:Israel
441:Kurnub
437:Arabic
395:UNESCO
387:Shivta
385:, and
379:Haluza
360:Hebron
344:Arabah
328:Arabic
324:Kurnub
316:Hebrew
276:Region
256:(29th
246:iii, v
228:Shivta
220:Haluza
100:Region
94:Israel
1505:Avdat
1434:Arsuf
1021:Tabun
1011:Jamal
979:Avdat
843:JSTOR
747:JSTOR
731:Qedem
555:ingot
506:Negev
464:Petra
409:name
383:Avdat
364:Negev
320:ממשית
254:2005
224:Avdat
176:Roman
104:Negev
27:ממשית
1578:and
1061:and
946:and
835:ISSN
739:ISSN
663:ISBN
636:2021
468:Gaza
466:and
424:The
405:The
401:Name
373:The
358:and
354:via
346:and
270:1107
235:Type
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